Eastern Cattle-Egret
Ardea coromanda
Call and song
Recording 1 · nocturnal flight call
Recording 2
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About the Eastern Cattle-Egret
Small, compact white heron with relatively short yellow bill. More often seen in dry habitats than other egrets, but also frequent in rice paddies and shallow wetlands. In the breeding season, look for bright orange head and breast, as well as a brighter bill. Leg color varies from reddish or yellow during the breeding season to black during the nonbreeding season. Juveniles have dark bill. Always note relatively short, thick neck and short legs compared with other egrets. Often gathers in flocks, frequently following large animals and field machinery.
Species account: eBird.org, fetched 2025-12-26 · How these pages are made
Where it has been recorded
Recorded in 52 of the 253 countries we have eBird lists for. Each opens that country's checklist.
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- Brunei
- Cambodia
- China
- Christmas Island
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
- Guam
- High Seas
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Japan
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Macau
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Marshall Islands
- Micronesia
- Mongolia
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Norfolk Island
- North Korea
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Russia
- Singapore
- Solomon Islands
- South Korea
- Sri Lanka
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- Vietnam
